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Scott Owen.

Technology leader/AI & data strategy/Platform modernisation

I lead technology teams through the parts of engineering that tend to get tangled: platforms, cloud, CI/CD, data, AI, automation, governance, and the people systems around them. The goal is simple enough to say and hard enough to do: simplify complexity so delivery becomes faster, safer, and easier to reason about.

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Strategic technology leader
with 20+ years of delivery.

My background runs from campus networks and data centres through Wotif, Tatts, Tabcorp, and The Lottery Corporation. I have led engineering teams, built platforms, reduced infrastructure cost, moved critical traffic, and helped regulated organisations adopt cloud, AI, data, and automation without pretending the risk disappears.

I am still hands-on enough to enjoy the details: Kubernetes, networking, Terraform, GitLab, Kafka, Elastic, blockchain experiments, and AI-assisted delivery. That technical base matters because senior technology work fails quickly when the strategy cannot survive the implementation.

Experience

A practical timeline.

January 2021 - Present
Brisbane
Head of Engineering
The Lottery Corporation

Leading the engineering division across platforms, CI/CD, environment automation, and regulated technology modernisation. Built and scaled a 25-person engineering function and led major separation, platform, and automation programs.

  • Delivered a $2.5M Kubernetes platform and cut platform maintenance by 90%
  • Led a $4.0M VM, container, and automation transformation avoiding $5.6M in projected spend over five years
  • Reduced environment build times from 8 weeks to 8 hours through Infrastructure as Code and automation
April 2015 - December 2020
Brisbane
Senior Manager, Core Technologies - Strategy & Cloud
Tatts Group / Tabcorp

Managed architects and engineers across infrastructure, cloud strategy, R&D, emerging technology, and enterprise modernisation. Helped unify technology direction while balancing innovation, cost, and regulated delivery.

  • Reduced core infrastructure costs by 50% and telephony costs by 60%
  • Delivered a blockchain MVP for lottery transaction security
  • Unified services across retail stores and secured sector-first regulatory cloud approval
June 2010 - April 2015
Brisbane
Infrastructure & Network Manager
Wotif.com / Expedia Inc.

Directed infrastructure and network operations across data centre modernisation, cloud migration, global collaboration platforms, and high-traffic online travel systems.

  • Reduced data centre costs by 30% with hyper-converged systems
  • Migrated high-value site traffic onto in-house data centre platforms
  • Accelerated deployments by 75% with Ansible and Terraform
February 2007 - June 2010
Brisbane
Solution Architect
TTGroup Communications

Designed and delivered IP telephony, network, and cloud services for small and mid-sized businesses. A useful mix of pre-sales, project delivery, and hands-on support.

  • Modernised client communication systems with IP telephony
  • Moved clients onto more reliable cloud and network platforms
October 1998 - December 2005
Brisbane
Computer Support / Network Engineer
Griffith University

Started in Y2K PC compliance work and moved through desktop, data centre, HPC, and campus network projects. It was a very practical education in how real infrastructure behaves.

  • Helped upgrade campus networks from 10Mbps hubs to switched 100Mbps infrastructure
  • Automated desktop deployments for large workstation rollouts
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